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How to make a Longbow

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Our series on `how to make a longbow`, we look at pretty much the complete process, this video is a complete version of the series of 6 videos we released over the past few months, time stamps below if you want to click around the 6 parts. A massive thanks (you know who you are) for donating and making this series possible, we could not have done it without you.
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09:33 Part 2 Tillering
24:10 Part 3 Glue on Horn Nocks and carve shape
51:21 Part 4 Fit an Arrow Plate
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01:14:35 Part 6 The Handle
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@longbows 10 месяцев назад

If you would like to see more videos like this and channel continue please help us out if you can...www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=SPKPNPZL55NLE

@mickrosedale2940 Год назад

May the force be with you Richard

@longbows Год назад

Thanks, I will pass that on to him.

@michaeltaylor7194 Год назад

Hail to England!!! My distant ancestral homeland. Down with dreadful “prince” John, HAIL RICHARD THE LIONHEART!!!! In this year of our lord, 2023.

@longbows Год назад

Thank you.

@marcoengelbracht4141 Год назад

Awesome, just awesome! Thank you so much! Well visible that you had a looong apprenticeship with your father. Even connecting the marks on the bow is so natural that it shows how often you did it. Even more when you work with the shave. Many thanks for sharing!

@longbows Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@f1pitpass 6 месяцев назад

loved the whole process! Great skills throughout and very pleasant to watch! Thank you both for sharing this.

@longbows 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@mervynpatterson7164 Год назад

Hi Philip,many thanks for taking the trouble to make this valuable and informative video to help us would be Bowyers.

@longbows Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@M45t3rJ4ck 2 года назад

Thank you for the long video...it was relaxing and informative. Would like to try making my own, but have never even touched a bow...

@longbows 2 года назад

You can do it!

@M45t3rJ4ck 2 года назад

@@longbows ❤️ I have an off cut lemon tree stump that I will designate test piece (probably not the best type to use, but for a first try).

@bienyamientoefy1923 Год назад

greetings to you sir and your friend andeveryone out there. 🙂thank you gentleman.a cup of tea and watching while learning from your fantastic video on long bow building made me smile all the way. awesome.what a beautifull finish.God bless you 2

@longbows Год назад

So nice of you

@makita883 2 года назад

Beautiful craftsmanship..!!

@longbows 2 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@caigner 2 года назад

Great videos! Thanks so much for showing the whole process from start to finish. What glue did you use for the laminate?

@nicolas6226 Год назад

Perfect video, Thanks sir. I make arrow, for decoration ^^ (with the help of your video) but now it's time to bow !

@longbows Год назад

Glad I could help!

@adbraham Год назад

Love the way nocks look like a cross between something from Punch & Judy, and a chess piece!

@longbows Год назад

Lol, interesting observation! I have never thought of the Punch and Judy one!

@gazpal Год назад

Very suitably impressed by your First Class craftsmanship and presentation. Thankyou to everyone involved

@longbows Год назад

Thank you very much! Kind of you to say.

@robertalexander3721 Год назад

Thanks

@longbows Год назад

Thanks for the support, it really helps keep the channel going, you have made my day!

@robertalexander3721 Год назад

@@longbows Sorry it was such a brief thank you. I posted before I could say how much I enjoy and how much I have learned from your channel. Many thanks Rob

@longbows Год назад

No problem, hadnt occured to me, I am just so amazed when people want to contribute to keeping the channel going, I am always amazed.

@henrywalters9130 2 года назад

Beautifully crafted. Good one, Richard Head

@longbows 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it.

@craigchristalaw2317 Год назад

pretty cool I really like those those look good excellent craftsmanship thank you for doing this video I've really enjoyed

@longbows Год назад

Glad you like them!

@mattheweskender7781 Год назад

That horn nock string keeper would be very helpful. 👍❤️

@longbows Год назад

Definitely!

@charlesdavis9937 Год назад

Beautiful work

@longbows Год назад

Thank you so much 😀

@jordanarther8798 Год назад

Awesome series gents! Thank you for taking the time to put this out. Daft vids are great but I'd really appreciate another series about hand spining, straightening, tapering and fletching a matched set of woodies made for a specific draw weight and length. Maybe 1/2 doz target shooting arrows and another 1/2 doz hunting arrows???

@longbows Год назад

Thanks, glad you like the videos. We could do a video make a set of arrows for a particular bow from start to finish... hunting is not allowed here so we would stick to target arrows.

@jordanarther8798 Год назад

@@longbows Only the Royals get to hunt the Kingswood right? As an American by birth I can never imagine what that's like. The day I nabbed my first fish and the day I finally got to be the one to take the shot that brought down another creature of Earth, cleaned and hand ed it to my mother to fix for dinner were two of the happiest and most proud days of my father's life. (Cottontails mom made rabbit stew with)

@jordanarther8798 Год назад

@@longbows Maybe half dozen matched target shooting arrows and another half dozen matched flight arrows??

@Exvixity967 Месяц назад

Hi! this is pretty cool and relaxing

@longbows Месяц назад

Hey, thanks! really appreciate you watching, did it feel long at an hour and a half?

@Exvixity967 Месяц назад

@@longbows kinda

@longbows Месяц назад

this video was put together using 6 separate videos I produced, would you find it easier to watch the six shorter videos?

@Exvixity967 Месяц назад

@@longbows idk

@longbows Месяц назад

sorry?

@isidroserranogranados6529 2 года назад

Thankyou to share Bro!!!Il. I love the archery

@longbows 2 года назад

Thank you too

@leedavis7508 2 года назад

Excellent Video, Thanks.

@longbows 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@craigchristalaw2317 Год назад

thank you again

@longbows Год назад

Always welcome, anything you can do to help the channel is really appreciated.

@danielbarnes6873 10 месяцев назад

You could use this bow as a small spear as well if you really needed to for close combat if you really needed to

@longbows 10 месяцев назад

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@almubarizunarchery4607 2 года назад

A very nice concise video on how to make a bow, excellent work. Ever attempted to repair a completely severed bow limb? What about one very close to the tip. I have a boyton recurve yew long bow that i bought off ebay (the seller sold it as a pair, one broken as he clarified, one in perfect condition) and im trying rebreathe life into it.

@longbows 2 года назад

Thanks. I wouldn't repair a complete break like that, you could shorten the other limb to match, but then you would need to do a huge amount of tillering, you are basically making a new bow, I would just retire it

@kodycasteel6028 4 месяца назад

I'm sure this video is old so I hope you get this message. Where do you get your rat tail files, and your little precision gouges? Your work is beautiful and I couldn't help but notice you have some very fine looking tools to achieve this level of quality. Thank you for sharing your experience.

@longbows 4 месяца назад

Glad you like the video, thanks for watching and commenting/liking, it really helps the channel. We sell the rat tail rasp here...www.longbowandarrow.co.uk/rat-tail-rasp-tool-for-nock-grooves-60-p.asp

@growinmoflower3391 Год назад

Beautiful bow, would love to shoot one someday!

@longbows Год назад

Thanks, I am sure you will.

@growinmoflower3391 Год назад

@@longbows I'd never be able to afford one LOL but yea nothing wrong with dreaming ✌

@alessandropigna8124 Месяц назад

Bellissimi

@longbows Месяц назад

Thanks

@herryson6747 Год назад

Mantap.. 👍

@charlesdavis9937 Год назад

I'm thinking about making one with Osage, purpleheart and bamboo.

@longbows Год назад

great, let me know how you get on.

@charlesdavis9937 Год назад

@@longbows I will

@pagaricrc Год назад

Marvelous vidéo and great job. Can you give me the brand of your mixed rasp please ?

@longbows Год назад

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it, we use Bahco. Any help you can give with the channel will be appreciated.

@pagaricrc Год назад

@@longbows thanks so much

@adbraham Год назад

Is your Lemonwood actually Lemonwood? I used to buy staves of “Lemonwood” from Quicks back in the mid 90s. I think it what actually something variously called Castello or Maracaibo boxwood. Used to back it with hickory. Did the the job but nowhere near the quality of your stuff. I’d heard of you back in those days. Bumped into Chris Boyton several times at “The Company of 60”, and got Ron Palmer (God rest) to make me something stupidly heavy back when I thought that was a good idea! Love your video!

@longbows Год назад

Sorry for late reply. There is no such thing as `Lemonwood` its a generic term. Funily enough I was at the importers we use the day Les from Quicks turned up to buy that batch of `Lemonwood` they sold in the 90s! It is indeed lots of things, Castello hasnt been abvailble for some time, though we do have some from an old Bow Making company that went out of business in the early 1900s. Also Degame is another culprit.

@lucd271 2 года назад

Hello to you and your family, Yes it is a very nice video indeed. Oh and I have a few questions. When was the "D shape" became standard and replaced the natural round shape of the wood? The best way to maintain a bow is it to put wax, oil or an other compound? The best way to store a longbow and arrows, is it vertical, horizontal or other? In some video you mention that leaving a bow unused for a long time, Few years, Would make it brittle but in some other video you mention you used Yew to make longbow that was cut in 1945, why would it be as brittle as the bow? Do you know when they started to laminate longbow? Please correct me if I misunderstood this point, did the handle wrap started in the Victorian era or earlier, from what I understood the handle used to be bare-wood so they adjusted their hold to situation, weather and distance? Thank you again for your great videos.

@longbows 2 года назад

Hi, thanks. D shape has been around for a long time, there is no natural round shape as such, this type of bow is Victorian, they tend to be D shaped, perhaps you are thinking of the more oval shape of a Warbow, that is completely different. I use varnish. Store them horizontal. Yes the wood from 1945 could also be brittle, but it hasn't been worked to the dimensions of a bow, we won't know until we do. Elaborate handle wraps started in the Victorian era, again, this is a Victorian bow we are making, not a Warbow.

@RAkers-tu1ey 2 года назад

Very nice, as per usual. Question - Could the belly be made up of 2 or 3 pieces laminated into place with scarf joints or fishtail joints? I have some nice mahogany, but too short for a whole stave.

@longbows 2 года назад

Glad you like it. Yes, we usually joint smaller pieces of wood in the handle.

@RAkers-tu1ey 2 года назад

@@longbows Thanks!

@Skenderbeuismyhero 2 года назад

For a laminate long bow like this do you use cuts that you've chosen and then cut into boards yourselves or do you cut the laminations from boards? Also, did you put the slight reflex into the stave when you glued it?

@longbows 2 года назад

Hi, we cut laminates from planks of wood, then glue them together on a former, check out our `gluing laminations` video, hope this answers your question. More here www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk

@jamesfraser4173 Год назад

What type of mask have you on?

@longbows Год назад

Reusable half masks with replacement filters

@awoodenkiwitoy6293 5 месяцев назад

How to make a longbow: -make a bow -do it again but long

@longbows 5 месяцев назад

lol, not quite, it's just a name, more because it goes long ways instead of cross ways, a Longbow can be short, we have made many for children etc.

@Dr._Spamy Год назад

I'm still wonder why those longbow freaks keep hanging with this D-Profile thing. I really can't imagine that it has any benefit over a rectangular profile. In contrary, it make things worse. It weakens the belly of the bow, that is even the weakest part of the bow anyways because wood usually could take about double the amount of tension, in comparison to compression. If you want to make a lightweight bow, make a narrow rectangular profile and I'm sure it would be more lightweight than a bow with the same draw weight in D-Profile.

@longbows Год назад

Yes, all true, but an English Longbow is D sectioned, thats how they are made.

@funkyfreak97 Год назад

53:24 "the 'shape' of the arrow plate..." "arrow plate"

@longbows Год назад

Thanks for watching and commenting.

@funkyfreak97 Год назад

@@longbows it was so fascinating and relaxing, that it distracted me from going to bed. It's been years since I've shot my flatbow, but I want to get back in to it and work up to a proper warbow, if I could ever handle such draw weight 😅

@longbows Год назад

Glad you found our videos, help us out with a few thumbs up if you watch some more. Go careful working up to heavy weights.